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About
Actually appears as "Profile" only. May also appear as "Profile Records Ltd" on some UK releases. Profile was one of the earliest hip-hop labels which also released disco, dance, and electro records. The label was founded in New York City in 1981 by Steve Plotnicki and Cory Robbins. Over the years Profile acquired many smaller record labels under their Profile Associated Labels umbrella… Read more
imprint. Releases on Profile Associated usually occur in a label's later releases and catalog numbers on these releases start with PAL. Promotion for the label was handled in the 1980s by Manny Bella (urban) and Claudia Cuseta (dance). Cory Robbins left the label in 1995 and founded Robbins Entertainment. Steve Plotnicki remained with the label unti he decided to sell it in 1997. After a fierce bidding war between Tommy Boy Music and BMG's Arista Records, the latter won, and what was in print at the time was reissued with new BMG catalog numbers. Some new product was released since then, but it was eventually shut down by its new parent and its artists became Arista artists, but were eventually dropped by the label anyway. The offices that it occupied were once those of Koch Records. Also known as just Profile. For companies, see Profile Records Ltd. (UK) or Profile Records, Inc. (US)6 releases · 1990–1993
Sub-labels: Sm:)e Communications, Invasion Recordings, City Street Records, Park Place Records, Another Planet Records, Sea Bright Records, Twinn Records, Blue Chip Records, Rock Hotel Records, Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, TNT Records Inc.
